Videoblogging with a Treo- January 30, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comI'm playing with my new Treo 650 - and discovered that it takes video. So of course, what do I do when I discover that Immediately play with it... here's the result of my experiment.Ok - very silly test video, I know. Nonetheless:I can capture video on the goIt's poor quality video, so probably not useful for "professional" consumptionGreat if I want to share an idea, capture a quick interview, or capture an eventHmm... show management a...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/videoblogging-with-treo.html I've Been Tagged...- January 27, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comRobin at A Passion for 'Puters tagged me, so here goes:4 Jobs Ive had in my life: DJ at my undergrad college radio stationConsession stand worker at a little league ball parkPizza delivery dudefreelance recording engineer (translation = unpaid coffee-maker errand boy) 4 Movies I can watch over and over: It's a Wonderful LifeHmm... surely there's another one......somewhere...nope. nothing... 4 TV Shows I love to watch: The Red Green ShowRare.http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/ive-been-tagged.html Gaming Taskforce at my Library- January 26, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comWe now have a gaming taskforce at my library! The taskforce's goal is to create a gaming plan for our library system, and report back to our management group... then the management group will decide where to go from there.So we now have a gaming taskforce group email account, and I have a couple of email and computer gaming folders... wow.And I also did some brainstorming on gaming at the library today, and thought I'd share it. It's not...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/gaming-taskforce-at-my-library.html Opera Mini Simulator- January 26, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comUpdate: In the comments area, Paul provides the actual URL - thanks, Paul! And Paul - for the . hit the 1 key. Just poking around more on the Opera Mini site - and found an Opera Mini simulator! Pretty cool - I was able to test what Kansas City Public Library's website looks like using the Opera Mini browser.What did I discover Our way cool horizontal menu bar Doesn't work. Normal links DO work, though. I was able to click through to an...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/opera-mini-simulator.html Opera Mini Browser is Out of Beta!!!!!- January 26, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comSeen on Bill Drew's blog - Opera just released their Opera Mini Browser that installs on most cell phones (Bill installed in on his Cingular phone)!And like Bill says - this isn't WAP - it's real, live HTML (via some crazy magic java thing). From the Opera Mini site "Instead of requiring the phone to process Web pages, it uses a remote server to pre-process the page before sending it to the phone. This makes Opera Mini perfect for phones...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/opera-mini-browser-is-out-of-beta.html David's First Webcast Presentation- January 24, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comI just finished my first webcast - it was a blast! The webcast was for the Education Institute, and was on creating library website subject guides.For those of you who might venture into doing a webcast sometime, a few pointers:If possible, have a backup phone. See the nice Polycom conference phone in the photo I didn't use it because of some "ocean like" static. It worked great the day before... go figure.Make sure you have a good internet..http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/davids-first-webcast-presentation.html Part of all Three Places- January 20, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comHave you familiar with the concept of Third Place As far as I can tell, the concept came from the book, The Great Good Place, written by Ray Oldenburg. His concept is this: most people have about three places in their life that in some way define them - usually home, workschool, and one other place (ie., the Third Place). Third Place can be many things, including church,a bar or coffee shop, etc.A Third Place can even be digital - here's a...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/part-of-all-three-places.html Interesting Job Ad- January 18, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comHas anyone seen this job ad The job title is NextGen Librarian - wow. It could also be titled the "Library 2.0 Librarian," I think. Look at some of the duties involved:provide leadership and vision for transformative technologies in the provision of library resources and servicesCreates communication venues and distributes content via digital tools such as blogs and wikis for the library system websiteDevelops and delivers library...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/interesting-job-ad.html Rocketboom linked to me- January 11, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comSome of you will get a kick out of this. I just got a mention on Rocketboom, a techie, newsie videoblog (an extremely popular one, too).Remember those Blogging Delivered billboards I posted about a day or two ago The Rocketboom folks also found them interesting - and included one of my pics in their January 10 videoblog! They linked to my flickr account, too.My wife just chuckled, and accused me of blogging about a videoblog that blogged...http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/rocketboom-linked-to-me.html Other "insert term here" 2.0 Movements- January 10, 2006 update: Looking for me Go to http:www.davidleeking.comGot this from LibraryStuff - The Web 2.0 Revolution Spawns Offshoots...Library 2.0 is a movement spawned by Web 2.0 - what others exist According to this post, there are many, including Identity 2.0, Law 2.0, media 2.0, Advertising 2.0, and Democracy 2.0.library2.0, web2.0http://daweed.blogspot.com/2006/01/other-insert-term-here-20-movements.html |